Spring Hedgehogs

Happy Spring, everyone!
Sharing these cookies I made to celebrate spring though she never shows up here on our side of the pond. It was still summer the last time I checked!

It must be wonderful to feel the warmth of the sun again . I imagine all sorts of critters big and small beginning to stir from a long winter's sleep. How lovely to see all those pretty birds visiting your garden and what a joy it must be to watch all the animals running around and enjoying life.

 I saw this on FB. LOL!

Peek-A-Boo Easter Chick Cookies

The drought is finally over and it has been raining almost daily for the past week.  There's nothing like a good rain after a dry spell. Water has that amazing effect of bringing things to life. In a way, it's like Spring, giving us yet another new beginning, a fresh start. I love how the rain washes away everything especially the dust and smog, nourishing the earth, bringing forth flowers and clear blue skies.

I was inspired to make these cookies.

Help Emerson Win A Special Needs Bike

Remember sweet Emerson, the nephew of bloggy buddy Alissa @ The Planet Of The Apels? Emerson was diagnosed with partial trisomy 18 during pregnancy. He has hypotonia and severe developmental delay. Right now there's a chance for the little guy to win a special needs bike. You can help Emerson by voting, just a simple click is all you need to do - no sign-up required.

Vote here.

I hope he wins!

Hasan Kale - Miniature Artist

Turkish artist Hasan Kale paints very detailed micro images on very small objects. His miniature canvases take the forms of seeds, grains, nuts, pills, etc. Dang! I can't even handle the finer details on my palm-sized cookies when decorating with royal icing!

Enjoy these teeny-weeny works of art. You might need those reading glasses!

Watch the very talented (and very patient!) Hasan in action

Panda Cookies

The prolonged drought is really getting to me. And all that uncertainty and agonizing wait for answers to our vanished plane depresses me even more. When I'm feeling low, I need to get busy. And there's nothing more therapeutic than baking cookies!

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Making these got me out of my funk.  Thanks, Marilyn for the inspiration!

The Disappearance of Flight MH370

image source - http://www.nydailynews.com/

I am sure you would have heard by now of the mysterious disappearance of one of our planes, the MH370.  The Malaysian aircraft with 339 people on board (227 passengers and 12 crew members) vanished in the sky about an hour after leaving Kuala Lumpur on Saturday en route to Beijing. The whereabouts of flight MH370 remain unclear after contact was lost while it was travelling over Vietnamese airspace.
One of the four Americans on board the ill-fated flight was hubby's coworker.

There are many speculations and conspiracy theories floating around the net - terrorism, suicidal pilot, mechanical failure, hijack, accidental shoot-down by some country’s military....

To date,  no wreckage has been found which means there is still hope although the outlook is bleak.

Please join me in prayer while a massive, international search for the presumedly crashed aircraft continues....

Leprechaun Cookies

I am constantly in awe of Callye @ The Sweet Adventures Of Sugarbelle who can transform basic cookie cutters, even the simplest into something unique. I call it cookie magic!  Throw her a frog cutter and she could transform it into skunks and bears!  An upside down gingerbread man becomes a reindeer and a cupcake turns into a leprechaun!
Having learned this trick from her, I made these leprechauns. Guess what cookie cutter I used?

A snowman!

Frozen

Bebaskan , bebaskan , tak dapat ku pendam lagi........

Dang! I just can't get this song out of my head! And if you're wondering what I'm rambling about, it's that song from the movie "Frozen", except that this is our Malay version, one of the 25 different languages the song "Let It Go" was sung in.

"Bebaskan" by Marsha Milan Londoh


And here's the youtube video my son has been playing all morning

"Let It Go" in 25 languages in 4 minutes

I was inspired to make these cookies. Can you guess what they are?  Hint - they are supposed to be Olaf, the adorable talking snowman from "Frozen". My boys thought they were ghosts before I added those twiggy hands and hair!  Dang! And I was so proud of my attempt!

So how are my bloggy buddies from the other side of the pond keeping?  Still battling the cold in this never ending winter? On the other extreme, we're baking over here in the unrelenting heat. We've been having a hot and dry spell for several weeks now.
Wanna trade places?

Leprechaun Owl Cookies

Owls seem to be the most popular item on pinterest. Knitted, crocheted, sculpted, felted, quilled, cookied and cupcaked, you find adorable images of these nocturnal birds popping up everywhere!
Owl in Malay is "Burung Hantu" which translates as ghost bird and is believed  by the Chinese and Malays to be a symbol of doom and death. When I was little, I used to think that owls ate babies as told by my grandma!
Older and certainly wiser now, I wish to depict these magnificent creatures in a different light - a leprechaun owl cookie for good luck.
Interestingly, I slipped and fell hard on my butt  when I was reaching out for my rolling pin in the overhead kitchen cabinet while making these owlies. Bad luck or sheer coincidence? Ouch! My butt still hurts as I am typing this!

Valentine Flamingo Cookies

Pink flamingo cookies for Valentine's Day, anyone?

Happy Valentine's Day, pallies!

Saying "Happy Valentine's Day" With Cookies In 50+ ways!!

My favourite cookie artist Callye @ The Sweet Adventures Of SugarBelle has rounded up 50+ ways of saying "Happy Valentine's Day" with cookies!
Gotta love these cute and corny sayings that come with the cookies!

Here are just some of my favourites to share. Stop by at her blog for more adorable pictures.

Whale you be mine?

 Owl will always love you

 I'm nuts about you!  

 Take a pizza my heart!

 You're out of this world!

You are my sole mate!

 Stuck on you!

Love stinks!

 Bee Mine!

Valentine Teddy Bears

I baked these teddies for a Valentine's Day bakesale organized by my son's class to raise funds for our National Cancer Society.

I Couldn't BEAR A Day Without You!